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  1. PyRoom icon
     27 likes

    PyRoom is a free editor that stays out your way - and keeps other things out of your way, too. As a fullscreen editor without buttons, widgets, formatting options, menus and with only the minimum of required dialog windows, it doesn't have any distractions and lets you focus...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PyRoom screenshot 1
    23 alternatives
  2. MadEdit icon
     14 likes

    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Options window
    132 alternatives
  3. Kod icon
     22 likes

    Kod is a programmers' editor for OS X

    Source available at http://github.com/rsms/kod

    Goals and features

    Fully concurrent — loading files, syntax highlighting, etc is distributed across available CPU cores. Minimal waiting time.

    Integrated scripting environment based on No.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Kod screenshot 1
    48 alternatives
  4. Jane icon
     8 likes

    Jane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours: those who try this might discover nice features they'll soon don't want to miss anymore.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
    Jane screenshot 2
    105 alternatives
  5. Tilde icon
     3 likes

    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Tilde screenshot 1
    127 alternatives
  6. MDYNA icon
     2 likes

    MDYNA is a rich Markdown note taking app capable of syncing with GitHub Gist for easy cloud-based note management. The app is made with Electron and is open-source and cross-platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    MDYNA screenshot 1
    7 alternatives
  7. PabloDraw icon
     10 likes

    PabloDraw is a cross-platform text editor designed for creating ANSI and ASCII art, similar to that of its DOS-based predecessors; ACiDDraw (1994) and TheDraw (1986).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PabloDraw screenshot 1
    17 alternatives
  8. ed icon
     4 likes

    ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
  9. The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Vi session editing, tildes signify lines not present in the file.
    65 alternatives
  10. Left icon
     13 likes

    Left is a distractionless writing tool with auto-complete, a synonyms dictionary, writing statistics, markup-based navigation and a speed-reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Left screenshot 1
    Left screenshot 1
    19 alternatives
  11. 1Writer icon
     8 likes

    1Writer combines all the basic text editing features you would expect with all the advanced features you will ever need. Use 1Writer to write, research, revise, and share your ideas with maximum efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    1Writer screenshot 1
    1Writer screenshot 2
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    20 alternatives
  12. Shy Editor icon
     3 likes

    Shy Editor is an online text editor and writing environment that was designed for maximum writer productivity. It is used every day by novelists, non-fiction writers, students, academics, bloggers, content creators, journalists, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Shy Editor screenshot 1
    Shy Editor screenshot 1
    Shy Editor screenshot 2
    +2
    Shy Editor screenshot 3
    66 alternatives
  13. Litewrite icon
     3 likes

    Litewrite was built out of a need to have a simple way of taking notes, having them everywhere, working on any device, regardless if on- or offline.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • RemoteStorage
    Litewrite screenshot 1
    10 alternatives
  14. Writebox icon
     14 likes

    Writebox is a simple and distraction-free text editor for Chrome and iPhone/iPad. Writebox helps you to concentrate on writing and seamlessly syncs your text writings across all your devices with Dropbox and/or Google Drive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Writebox screenshot 1
    24 alternatives
  15. Gobby icon
     13 likes

    Collaborative text editor with syntax highlighting that lets you work with a team on the same document over a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    14 alternatives